Sports Day

Every day is like a soccer match to me. As the days go by, it seems to get more and more physical draining. My body seems uncomfortable to this but i m loving it. Time management is the key to enjoy my JC life!!!

Thursday's training was tiring. 12 laps of fartlegs. hahah not sure whether the spelling s like that. 100m sprint, 100m jog, 100m sprint 100m jog, all the way for 12 rounds.

Friday was gym as usual, had a good workout.

Saturday was suppose to be my rest day last week. But instead, i went back to SJI for the interunit games.



>>> NCC land vs Scouts

The standard dropped dramatically. Those were the days when NCC land reigned supreme. NPCC was pathetic. I wanted to go there and at least help them but they got kicked out even before shawn made it to sji. The water puddles didnt help though.



>>> DRAMA

And there was a joke. Jonathan from Land had a cramp half way through the match and the game was halted for about 10 minutes. Crazy. In the end he was stretchered off by the paranoid SJAB. IT WAS JUST A CRAMP!!!

Anyway that was when Land started losing without their star player. Subsequently, they lost the 3rd and 4th placing with an own goal by Bryan David. Sad, he killed his overall performance with that kick of the ball. The quality of play was so bad that even i didnt wanna watch and joined the kiddos at the hockey pitch for some friendly game together with shawn and jun jia.

Went for some striding around the track after that to sort of to warm up for sports day. Was more comfortable with shawn's spikes. It s more stable. Anw, went home after that to chiong some hw.

Monday's training was really a test for endurance and power. 1000m at your fastest pace. and it s 2 sets. Dun think i did well since we practised the relay as a class after school. Sprinted 400m as samantha and darren could make it.

Tuesday was fun. Whole class stayed back after chem test, which i presume it s hard to pass for me, to help the council elects with their campaign. Did posters and stuff and some left home instead of joining for dinner. Gabriel was bored and asked me to kick ball with him. Nicholas joined in and we all got scolded by Mr Chua for playing in uniform. I wasnt really sure about the rule anyway so didnt feel very guilty. But Gabriel was quite affected by it since he has always been a guai kia. Went back to the group after the scolding and stoned there till almost 7 before leaving for chomp chomp.

Changed bus at some bus stop and finally reached at almost 8. Bought food and actually wanted to go to Woei Xin's house to eat but decided to just eat at the open space near the bus stop. So there we had Hokkien mee, chicken wings, satays, stingray, sambal fish, carrot cake, sprite, green tea, pizza all over the floor for 16 people to share. It was quite a sight. An old man was chased away in the process. As usual, had class photo and evacuated the place around 9 plus. Took a bus with Timothy to Toa Payoh and changed to bus 8 from there. He alighted at SA while i had a nice nap home.



>>> He who hails from the Almighty Environmental Club. Ang Zheng Da clearing up the mess!!!
Good job dude!

Wednesday is THE day. SAJC Sports Day 2008. Even though i lost the 400m finals pathetically. (is there such a word?) the mood is still there. I just wanna run!!

Was almost late for that day and had an early morning warm up with a dash across the bridge to make it in time to the gallery. There, the whole class of 08S19 was there, and when the emcee announced for participants of heat 5 to report, one by one they walked below the grandstand. Ahh... exaggerating again. To cut the story short, the whole original team comprising of

Diana
Woei Xin
Samantha
Cassandra
Jolena
Yong Pin
Gabriel
Darren
Nicholas
Timothy

reported to Mr Dan Ho and got ready for the race. And just when i was walking to the canteen past Gabriel, he asked me to run the first heats, subbing Darren out. And that was when all the adrenaline starting pumping again. Whoo, just thinking of it makes me excited. yep, so i subbed Darren and we qualified for the A Finals with the best 8th timing. Arg but we are in lane 1 again. The curse of the lane 1. Primary school sports day both my individual 200m and 4 X 100m team relay was in lane 1 and both i got last. And most recently, the 400m finals, lane 1 and last again. This time, the curse continues...

After all the musical chairs and teachers relays, it s to the finals. B finals was up first with the next best 8 timings but only the top 3 in that race qualified for a medal. Surprisingly the top 3 in the B finals had a better timing than us. So we were lucky in a way, since a medal is comfirmed, just that whether it s 8th or 7th or 6th. That s the usual pessimistic me.

But when the A finals kicked off, i had the feeling we still have a chance of getting a top 3. Diana started average but against stronger opponents like the top female sprinter in track, Cheryl, it s considered very good. We were some what 5th or 6th when Woei Xin took over. And when the baton was passed to Samantha, we were 3rd! Amazingly. But from Jolena to Cassie to Yong Pin and Gabriel, we stayed at 4th. I was disappointed with myself to only be able to catch up a 3rd for the team. I knew i could have done slightly better and bring the distance between us and the 2nd team a lot nearer if i took even bigger strides.

Darren took over and lost the 3rd place. Ok, a 4th isnt that bad i thought. And so i waited at the finishing, looking out for Timothy with the baton. But i waited and waited. One by one, the first runner came in, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. crap. not again... then timothy came in.

I was really disappointed, but seeing everyone else still smiling and feeling so happy, i thought maybe it isnt all about winning. Seeing how close the class has become is really a joy. Even just by getting 8th and last for the finals, it s an anchievement for a group of people who only practised a couple of times for it. We beat a whole load of J2 classes and let our class spirit shine so strongly that others sitting at the gallery were overlooking in jealousy.

THAT S IT! 08S19, we are it. Good job class! Even those not running cheered so loudly for us and served us Milo after the race. These little things do wonders. This bonding is better than any ionic or covalent bond.

However, i feel guilty that i took Nicholas's place in the final. He said he had first aid duties but i found out it wasnt compulsory. He could have ran and took the medal, but he said it was ok and i deserved the medal. Gabriel added that i ran both races and if i didnt, the class would not even make it to the finals, that really made me feel a lot better and i accepted the medal but i m dedicating this to Nicholas.



>>> First SA medal

Dun worry, 08S19 will be back next year, with a big bang! and nicholas will get his medal.

After the event, we made a stupid mistake and played soccer at the D and the class broke up again. Hui hui, lois, woei xin, jocelyn, mann and weili went to PS while the rockclimbing gang of cassie, timothy and nicholas went to yishun instead since they had training at yishun safra. After we stopped soccer, Zheng da and Darren decided to go home while Yong Pin, Gabriel and me left for yishun to try and catch up with the rock climbing gang since we didnt know where the other gang went. Diana met up with us but parted at the bus stop since she was going CCAB to watch the cross country finals.

Anyway the time together with Yong Pin and Gabriel was fun. We talked a lot, from serious to unserious issues. The bus ride to yishun seemed so much shorter. By the time we reached the interchange, the rockclimbing gang left for safra and we had to eat alone at BK. Slacked there for quite a long time. And it wasnt enough.

We walked from the interchange all the way to SAFRA, admired the place and decided to go say hi to the rock climbers. Instead, the guy thought we were late for training and asked us to dropped our bags and change shoes. So we walked away after thinking of skinny dipping in the pool when the weather was a killer. Found a nice place near the reception to slack and talk more rubbish. Nice ambience with comfy sofa chairs, together with Yong Pin's neverending funny stories, really a good time.

Wanted to shower but realised the shower was within the pool facilities and have to pay to use so we abandoned the idea and walked all the way back to the interchange and parted ways there. Took 39 straight home that cost $1.80 since the driver didnt believe i was a student. Didnt bring my student pass. Anw, another nice nap on the bus straight home from Yishun.

Thursday's training was really tiring. 25 times up the gallery steps. 4 sets. Entire leg felt like dropping off after that.

Fri had math test which shld be able to pass probably by 1 or 2 marks. didnt know how to do the next step of MI. Chem mock SPA was bad. Filter funnel not working and choked the whole thing up, causing the KMnO4 to overflow and spill all over the bench. Uniform screwed, bench screwed, script screwed. Damn sad. Really like some wartime bloodshed. Spent time cleaning up redoing the whole crap and couldnt complete. Argg... i m gonna try make some FeSO4(is it the reactant?) as my stain remover next time. Gym training after that pretty fun and slack. Yong Pin became my partner since the usual sprinters had pool training.

Whoa i think this is the longest post this year. Anw gtg and mug bio. Dun wanna fail anymore.

Term 2 Week 5

I m finally here to update! Coz it s a wednesday afternoon! I almost forgot what it feels like to be home on a weekday afternoon. Anyway it s been rather boring as of late actually. Just the same old thing over and over again, lectures, tutorial, lectures, tutorial, training, training. Oops, I lost track where i stopped last time.



>>> A typical track training that got my back all dirty.

Training has been pretty good so far. Even though i havent really decided to join sprints or long d, i ll just stick to long d first. I just feel more comfortable there. Maybe coz there s no coach to control or maybe coz there s ying lun. I just feel better with the long ds. Shawn has been persuading me to join sprints with him, but i know i m not the sprinting type, yet i m still tempted. Dilemma.

Pretty happy about the GP project even though it was mostly last minute. It was a team effort really. I didnt really prepare for the presentation, just typed out the script and read word for word from it. I figured out it s better to present the right ideas instead of trying to talk without the script and spout nonsense. The verdict from Ms Liu was that i was reading mostly from the script and was soft. but i tot i was quite loud actually. and the funny part was that she said i had a soothing voice. LOL. kk next time i shall go join a day care centre and sing lullabies to the kiddos for their afternoon nap.

400m finals last week was totally screwed. Ran 2.4km for PE that morning, got a time of 10.38 when i didnt push myself to the max keeping in mind that the finals was in the afternoon. That s a B, disappointing. Anw, gonna rerun and try to get around 10.00min, hope this time with the right shoes and no distractions, i can hit the target.

Completed the 400m in 65s. 3 worse off than the qualifying heats. When i just started, everything was fine. Then, everyone started to speed up, except the guy in lane 2. I figured out that he didnt want glory as well, just dun wanna finish last, like me. So i kept pace with him till the 200m mark. The track was wet and around the 200m mark, i tried to evade a puddle of water (being in lane 1, obviously) and took a couple of bigger strides. Then the lane 2 fella thought i was starting to sprint all the way from there and started sprinting as well. Since i kiasi, i sprinted with him and pulled my right hamstring and injured my left hip joint. THE EFFECT OF 2.4km. Should have known... Anw, tried my best to put up a strong finish but was really dying out, body couldnt take it, was panting like mad at the final 100m. That s how i screwed it all up. Should have not run 2.4km in the first place, what a stupid mistake, thinking my body can take it. There goes my coveted 7th place....

Recovered in time for PE the next day, but not fully, took 5 stations and got disappointing results again.

60 sit ups - A
sit & reach 51cm - A
9 pull ups - A
board jump 236cm - B
shuttle run 10.2s - B

I happy with my first 3 stations but not the last 2. Especially shuttle run. Two attempts, two falls, 10.2s. I doubt i ll be redoing the 5 stations. I gave my all for the first 3 stations, not sure whether i can do the same thing again. Not worth it trying get all A all over again.




>>> A typical lecture. [Weili woke up to spoil the nice view.]

Gym training was cancelled as the TAF people booked it. Strode 8 rounds with Shawn and Yew Tong instead. It was a good day to run, kept up with the pace and finished ahead of yew tong, achievement. Then, borrowed ball from PE department and played soccer with the usual peeps and yong pin. yay, gonna play again either tml or fri.

Took a shower and was intending to head for Junction 8 to meet parents for dinner but decided to go for Life Concert instead. Coz i tot i dun wanna regret anything in future after leaving SA. i ve decided to go for as many things as possible if i have the time. Life Concert s some Christian- Rock concert and it isnt that bad but for a non-Christian, it was quite mundane. Anyway the company of friends was good enough, new and old friends.



>>> Life Concert

There was suppose to be a match on saturday at bedok but was cancelled since the pitch was waterlogged. Went to CCAB instead to kick around. Played pretty well actually. Headers improving, but must practise more. People who went were Ryan, Zi Xiang, Jun Jie, Ying Lun, Jun Jia, Reuben, Jeremy and me. Met up with Jeremy at Tampines MRT and trained down to Bugis to take 170 to ccab. After soccer, washed up and went to Holland V for dinner. Had a hard time deciding what to eat, from Crystal Jade to Subway to Katong Laksa to some English pub (so that we can watch the early match at the same time). In the end, it was Holland V hawker centre. It wasnt that bad, really missed those times when Slayers hung out together. It was a good night. Had the ice cream yoghurt after dinner (forgot what s it s called) and went to Starbucks to steal some straws to fold stars. Jeremy is total ownage, one hand ful of straws, enough to build a straw house like the one in Three Little Pigs. Couldnt teach him how to fold stars in the end since his bus came first.

Sunday s even more boring. Studied econs and was called to help my grandmother carry stuff from the old house to my aunt s house. Yep, became a housemover for the day.

Econs test yesterday was pretty good, but i doubt it ll be good enough. i actually had ideas to write. Wrote a whole load of crap but hope it ll be enough to pass. Walked in the rain to the bus stop and went home.

Match vs SJII

Procrastinating is the word.

The work is piling, the stuff that i need to know are snowballing. I must get things done by tomorrow, if not it ll be another treacherous week. Things have been not very manageable so far. The long days are killing me. Coach came for track training on mon. He s a sprinter so naturally he ll focus more on sprinting drills than any other. At first i thought 400m and 800m are middle distance but after asking the seniors, i realised it s sprints. So i think i ll be in sprints with shawn then, instead of long distance with ying lun. Got back bio test and i managed to pass by 7 marks. Not bad for a last minute mugger huh. 1 more mark to an A la, quite wasted.

Tuesday was CCAB after school at 5 plus. Good kick about. Left about 7 to try and reach home earlier to mug for math test that i seriously thought i would fail. Wasnt sure about summation and some AP GP qns. Luckily i passed with 19/30. Miraculously. I m really lucky this time, the paper was quite easy, but must work hard from now on and not always count on luck.

Had sports day heats on Thursday. 400m Heats 2, lane 3. Strode for the first 200m and tried to quicken my pace for the following 100m but i think i slowed down a little. Lactic acid was building up. But when i saw the guy in front slowing down, i thought this is my chance to at least get a 3rd. The extra motivation wasnt enough to beat him, even when i stuck my head out at the finishing line, he finished 0.1s faster. but overall i was quite satisfied with my timing. 1:02:7. The last time i ran a timed 400m was about 2 years ago, when my timing was something like 1:12:0. Major improvement. Anyhows, surprisingly i squeezed into the finals with the best eighth timing. Actually i didnt wanna qualify la, i ll end up as the last or second last for the sports day run lor. Damn, but i ll try my best not to finish last at least. :D Must start training, 2 weeks.

Track training has been quite good so far. Fitness improving, strength improving. Even with the rain on Thurs, we still had training, running around the school and did stationary exercises in sets. Fri's gym training was quite fun. Paired up with shawn and worked out pretty much till i was impressed with my quads popping out. Track s gonna be fun! Met yong pin in the gym with his friend. He actually visits the gym twice a week la, so enthu.. must train more to do more pullups. Only did 7 for PE on fri but was satisfied with my standing board jump, still hoping for improvement though.

The strain can be felt in my legs even till now. Left hamstring pretty screwed. Match today against some SJII people was bad. Lost horribly. I m glad i didnt make any more stupid mistakes like i usually do. But my performance wasnt good enough, wasnt inspirational enough. The ref was right, we were tactically off. I tried my best to work the offside trap but it s really difficult to control the whole back line especially when you have a five man defence and i m at RB. Shld work on my positioning more. That s the main thing. Sorry people, let s all improve and beat more opponents.

Liverpool drew with Arsenal. It was a good game. Liverpool played well, finally. Shld have won the game actually. Anyways i shall go do work now, no pics this time!

A post for a week

Hello. The last post was when holidays just started, and now, it s the end of the first week of term two. Been really busy the past week, including the second half of the March hols. Been busy mugging and chionging holiday homework, but in the end couldnt finish and was worrying and stressed up that i just screwed up my term 2 which promised to be more organised and better than term 1. Anyway, here to update more or less what happened in the past 17 days.

Uncle passed away on Sunday and had to make a trip to Malaysia for the funeral. Left Singapore for Malacca on Wed and the North South Highway is just as boring as ever.



>>> Just a fraction of the road that seems never ending



>>> After the rain



>>> That was how bored i was

Reached Malacca after more than 3 hours on the road and checked in at Bayview Hotel to spend the night. Stocked up on some snacks and had pizza for dinner before going for the wake. There wasnt much sobbing and sadness maybe coz it had been 3 days by the time we reached there. But i think mainly it s because he is considered as a person who has lived his life to more or less the fullest, having about 15 grandchildren as of today. The kids running about lightened up the atmosphere some how. I m not very close to him but yet, a loss is a loss, you cant do much after what s happened but to bid a final proper goodbye. Went back to the hotel for a good night sleep and a long day the next day.



>>> Was lucky that the hotel had Star Sports. Watched first half of Chlesea vs Derby.



>>> Cafe



>>> I need proteins



>>> Father said the building has been there uncompleted for 20 years. Developer ran out of funds to continue the project and it has been left there to rot ever since.

The funeral was not a grand and big one, but it was quite meaningful to stop by his air con shop on the way to the cemetery. Had a bus ride to the cemetery and didnt play much part in the burial as we werent close to him. Anyway had a bath and went back to Singapore after having dinner in the car.



>>> It wasnt easy staying up with this kind of conditions. Cooling and dark, repetitive tyre noise and some non-existent music.

My job was to keep my father awake the whole journey but was dozing off a couple of times. Hope that i wont have to drive long distances in future, it s a torture. Dropped by a petrol kiosk on the way back and stocked up on gums.

The rest of the hols were basically chionging hw and revising a bit of the term 1 work. But i ended up watching EPL whenever i intend to do serious work. How can i resist the charm of Liverpool?

Term 2 started and the first lesson was a chem lecture test. Was more or less able to do but not really sure about the second question. Spent quite alot of time on it and couldnt complete the last question, did halfway, but shld be able to pass. The day was long and i must really get used to it soon.

Tuesday was long and boring but i had something to look forward to at the end of the day. Had a soccer session at CCAB at around 5pm to 7 plus. Didnt play well but enjoyed the kicking. It feels so good after all the serious stuff in school.

Wednesday nothing much happened but i had to stay back to finish my GP essay. Fell asleep the night before while planning for it and couldnt complete. Stayed till 6 but i think it was still marked as late and will have 2 marks deducted. Oh well.

Thursday was another stressful day. First thing in the morning was some GP surprise test. Didnt know a thing about it. Forgot everything about the lecture in the first term about premises, fallacies and all the crap. Anyhow tikam at the last minute. Was mugging on the move last minute for bio test at 5 pm. The test was ok but couldnt do about 6 mcqs. Shld be able to pass too. Maybe i shld just take the risk and just answer the qn instead of beating around the bush, wasting time thinking but in the end skip it and have no time to come back to it. Anyway, was looking forward to Track training and sort of enjoyed the running. Had continual 100m sprints or rather striding for about 5 reps only since i was late due to the test. Then it was some 40m dash to see how fast we can go. At least didnt come in last among the 3. Bathed and met parents to have dinner at potong pasir. Met sis at AMK hub after that and went home.

Today was soccer in the morning at PP CC court with Zi Xiang, Jun Jie, Shawn, Ryan, Donavan and friends. Played well at the start and end, but was pretty off in the middle. Went to SAJS after that to clean up and went home for lunch. Slacked around for a few hours listening to music on the stereo and went to Raffles City for dinner. The place is Shukudo. Its some Jap restaurant that has a similar system to the food loft in Thailand. They give cards with 100 bucks credit and you go around the food stalls to order and they deduct from the amount in the card. The food s pretty good but obviously ex.



>>> Good environment, good food.



>>> Raffles City basement 1 - food paradise

Walked around Raffles City after dinner and to Marks and Spencer when sis spotted this.



>>> Yep, it s just some solid organic milk chocolate bunnies for Easter. There s some stuff toy rabbit head to the chocolate.



>>> Notice anything wrong?



>>> How about this?

NOTHING IS PERFECT!!! and people makes mistakes all the time. [ but the deformed rabbit look cuter, heh]

Walked around and noticed a new fashion trend!



>>> The caveman-like costume is back! Just have to cover half of your top!

Left Raffles City and drove around with family to Marina Bay to see see. Saw the IR works and nothing much, it s pretty much dead there. Used to fly kite frequently there. Yes i m serious, fly kite, not the funny term. It was quite fun to fly kites there, it requires skill you know!

Decided to visit the Flyer to see see look look.



>>> First time there



>>> Oh how my camera phone sucks at night



>>> This is how the passengers board






>>> No wonder there s Safety First sign there la. Yakult rainforest discovery???!!! Since when yakult is into rainforests! Anway the 'rainforest' is just crap la, just some plants in there. No trees or anything.

Left the Flyer after that for home and here i am typing as i m dozing off. Good nightz!

Start of March Hols 08

It s the March Holidays!

Yep, it s the time to catch up on everything i missed out including my new class and soccer. It has been quite eventful the recent days. The Wednesday of the last week of Term 1 was CCA sign up day, and i left my name at Track and Badminton. So that means i ll be in at least one CCA coz no matter how sucky i am, i ll still be able to get into badminton as long as i dun miss the shuttle everytime. But i still hope to get into track since Shawn and Ying Lun should be in there too.

Friday was suppose to be a day when the 435 gang goes back to SJI and own the street soccer court. But it turned out that it was SJI's Parents-Teacher Meeting Day and the street soccer court is out of bounds. Had some pics taken that day. Ok i m not a very enthu photographer and as usual, the pics werent taken by me...



>>> But by this person, Mr Su Ying Lun



>>> The focal point isnt the word RAFFLES, but the person in green. [One of the 3 Chao Bin Sisters!] Yep, Reuben, it s the 3rd stall auntie. hahaha.




>>> Ming in the street soccer court



>>> I was there too, in SA uni.

Played at the court but was chased out by Mrs. Pennie Ong after awhile then migrated to Tanglin CC to kick. Ended up playing basket ball with Nicholas See and gang. Owned them since we had Ming. Took a break at the cafe, missed the Blueberry drink totally. Went back to the basketball court to practise some crossing and headers with Shawn and Donovan. Then migrated to the hockey pitch to practise shots. I love my legs! Had some of the best shots so far with my right foot. And the best shot for my left, top corner stuff. Power shots were the ordeal of the day.
Joined NCC after that, stole a bit of their dinner, chit chat with Matthew and Elian before the soccer people left. Left SJI for the NCC night walk. It was quite fun, spending time with the people i spent 4 years with, talking rubbish and telling lame and racist jokes, just like good ol' times. Took the same route 2 years ago, walking through Botanical Gardens and to Dempsey. It was quite dumb though, walking into Dempsey just for the sake of walking into it then walk out in one round and back to Tanglin. Went to Wheelock place eventually and chilled out with Elian at Starbucks. Espresso Frappucinno Venti! There goes my 7 bucks though. Awww... heart pain. Went home after that with my stomach filled with caffeine.

Saturday was basically slacking in front of the TV and com. Watced a movie in the early afternoon and then 5 episodes of Prison Break and another movie after that. Prison Break rocks totally. The scriptwriters are geniuses. I wonder if Mas Selamat is one of them. Toilet Break.



>>> Pic courtesy of Jeremy

Sunday, went to Yishun to play field with Kumz. Suppose to be a 7 a side but in the end not enough people and played a 6v6 mixed. Didnt play well, but no one played well actually. Maybe only Sathia. He s quite good. The rest werent really serious.

Trained to Causeway Point after that to meet up with 1T26 for Desmond's birthday at Seoul Garden. Met Wei Wen at the entrance on the way up then Edmund, Sean, Eileen and Kathleen in Seoul Garden. Samuel joined and then Desmond followed by Olivia and Shan Shan. Burnt and tired as usual after soccer, i went home after the buffet while the rest went to Eileen s house to play. Ok, i shall TRY to remember to put sun block next time.

Monday was tiring, but the sense of satisfaction is fantastic upon completing the day. Went to KK for some eye check up in the morning and then went to Queensway to buy new school and street soccer shoes. Got another Sala with Shawn s recommendation. White and red. Went to IKEA after that to wait for father to fetch me to Orchard. Came across this and thought something was wrong.



>>> Shouldnt it be 'at level 1'?

Anyway, bought 11 tics at The Cathay for the 5 pm 10 000 BC show and slacked around for 2 hours before meeting the 9 people. Timothy Hahn backed out at the last minute. Really last minute. We were suppose to meet at 4.30pm, and he messaged me at i think 4.29pm. Anyway watched the movie and it ended late 6 and we walked to PS to waste some time. Walked 1 round around the 2nd level, instead of standing at one spot. Then Gabriel wanted to buy lip balm so we all went to Carrefour to buy the lip balm. This time, it s Hui Hui who s taking the photos, and she s always slanting the camera, add style maybe?




>>> Yong Pin and Gabriel having a hard time deciding which lip balm is better





>>>Lois and Mann tricked into taking a picture.




>>>At least Vanessa and Cassandra didnt fall for that



>>> Sorry Nicholas, i broke my promise that i wouldnt use your pic anywhere online. heh.




>>> A secret snapshot at Fish and Co. waiting. All stunned.

Went home right after dinner alone on the MRT as usual.




>>> What a big bird crashing into the flat!!!



>>> Nah, it isnt a bird. It s a butterfly on the window. It has been there since yesterday.

That s it for now, happy waiting for the next post. ;)

Week at Saint Andrew's

Amazingly, without posting for about 2 weeks, my blog isnt that dead. Thanks people for showing so much 'moral support' by tagging. Ok quite a lot of things happened in the past week or so.

Strolled into Saint Andrew's Junior College on the 20th of Febuary 2008 for the first time. Was totally lost and didnt know where to go since i entered through the gate at the kindergarten. SA Village comprises of Acension Kindergarten, St. Andrew's Junior School, St. Andrew's Secondary and St. Andrew's Junior College. Obviously, those who visit the village for the first time will definitely get lost. Followed the crowd and received a few calls from Samuel, Shawn and Ying Lun. Eventually found my way to the Cultural Centre for assembly. Orientation started and many didnt have the mood. The OGLs werent good at getting us to socialise and interact. My OGL was Zhi Yang who was previously from SJI as well. Even though i ve never heard of him before at SJI, he appears to be quite a big shot at SA. House captain of Gomes i think.

Anyway, had some familiar faces in my OG. Jun Jia, Hilmi and Hao Yi. And a PAE CJ PLMGS girl who coincidentally happen to be Jeremy's classmate. Ok that s quite a long abbreviation. I think her name s Mei Ya. Could hardly even remember more than 8 people in the group, that shows what a failure SA orientation 2 is. Had some icebreaking and captain s ball before everyone start to pon. There was the Saintsational Race which was just plain walking around to do some activities. Then it was the 'Finale' which was just presenting prizes to the best OGs and suppose to do mass dance. The song suddenly played and they expected everyone to jump up, find a partner immediately and dance. Obviously only some people danced while the rest stood around and watch. Couldnt even remember the steps that we just learnt earlier. The mentors or something came in and had a band performance that includes some unknown songs and some known songs like Chasing Cars. The only interesting thing about the Finale was 3 plastic beach balls that was thrown around in the crowd. Everyone were eagerly waiting to kick, hit and smash the ball as far as possible. Everything ended at 6 plus. Went home, sleep.

The next few days were basically the same. Just lectures after lectures in the CC and attempts to not fall asleep. Couldnt catch up since i lost touch with a lot of the things due to the transition. So in the end was wasting time for about 2 weeks in school. Then the time came to choose subject combinations. Shawn, Ying Lun and Yew Tong all wanted to take 4H2s. And when i consulted my father, he said might as well take 4H2s since there s better chance to get a scholarship. So in the end i took 4H2s comprising of Bio, Chem, Maths and Econs. Was posted to 08S19 and there i made some new friends. ok i ll try to recall their names.

Darren

Nicholas

Zheng Da

Gabriel

Wei Li

Yong Pin

Timothy (Dong Seok)

Cassandra

Pamela

Lois

Hui Hui

Vanessa

Mei Wei

Jocelyn

Christina

Mann

Jing Yan

Samantha

Joleena

Woei Xin

Double checked with the contact list and was realised something s wrong. There s suppose to be 22 people in the class but there s only 21 people in the list. Hmm, have to check it out. oh ya, not to forget to mention, my class tutor, Ms Ye. Tall female bio teacher. Think she can be quite fierce and times. Better be wary. But otherwise, she s ok to communicate with. Had the class committee election and was saboed to be the Welfare person who s in charge of all the birthday things, outings, etc. In short, the fun person. Do i look fun to you??

Oh well, will try to do the job well since i ve experience in organising countless events.

Had a soccer session with the usual peeps at CCAB the recent Wed. It was considered a failure since the netabll peeps from St Margaret s and Cedar stole the courts and we had to go to the basketball court to play. It was SA vs the rest and it was quite a fair match. Took a break and everyone started leaving. In the end only a few of us stayed behind to continue kicking. Played basketball with a soccer ball and a 4 v 3 that was quite fun. Was quite satisfied with my solo goal, proving i do have some skills after all. But there s more room for improvement though.

Thursday was pretty boring. But Friday was good. There was hardly and lessons and even if there is, i was busy doing Sudoko. Visited the soccer court near Potong Pasir CC and played against some SAS peeps. Played average. Went back for Bio and continued playing at the track for awhile before returning to the court and back to SAS since the court was too crowded. In the end, played with the Acension Church people at the SAS basket ball court. It was really a fun affair. Played well. Just love the spirit of my team mates encouraging each other, particularly Zheng Qing, Kenneth and Eugene. Hope to be able to play with them again. I just enjoy practising heading! Heading and skills improving! Just as what i wished for. Fitness can be way better. Should start running regularly since Shawn encourage me to join track with him. Let s see how everything goes huh.

Had some badminton at the windy court yesterday with sis. She just won the dunno what competition. Came in First in the Girls Doubles catergory. not bad at all. Better play more if not will keep losing to her in future, si bei pai seh.

Went to Swissotel today for lunch since there s still the vouchers.

Food was pretty good. Took plenty of appetizer and even desert before hand coz we were late and they were clearing everything soon. Soup was very good. Cream of Celery. Wonder what they put in besides cream and cerelery to make it taste so good.

Some random picture found in my phone. Timetable for next week.

Haha. An even MORE RANDOM picture, and YES, his picture is also in my phone. Thanks to the MMS sent by Singtel.

If you have any info regarding the whereabouts of this man, kindly dial 999. (As if any literate Singaporean doesnt know. :D)

Signing off for now!

Farewell CJ

I'M HAAAAWWWTTT!!!

literally.

2 words to describe the past few days. BURNT OUT!

i m super duper chao ta and have been on fire ever since last Friday. Played 'ball' (as what my 1T26 classmates call) as usual after school and migrated from basket ball to soccer after some guys asked me to join them due to shortage in numbers. Played quite well even without any ankle guard but could clearly feel some pain at certain times.

Saturday was purely slacking, wasting time online and just doing nothing. Went out for dinner at this pathetic place along Thomson Road. Haha, oveR-baked country fare. No wonder la. Waited for 1 hour for the food. Then the boss came along and explained some crap about serving fresh, every food goes through processing after ordering and blah. A bit lame huh? Bake rice for 1 hour? Cook ribs for 1 hour? The restaurant wasnt even crowded, only had about 4 tables.

Nevertheless, they didnt serve lousy food. It was pretty edible but not in large amounts.

Went back and found out my pile of ang bao is still lying there unopened! Miracles happen huh! Used to quickly go home and tear open the packets and start counting the money furiously. I guess the 50 bucks i earned on the gambling desk is enough to satisfy me for the time being.

>>> This will be last time you ll see the ang baos intact. (They dun look very 'ang' leh.)

Sunday was soccer for hours in the morning. Left home about 9 plus for Jurong East to meet up with Shawn, Jeremy, and Kumz Club for street soccer. It s quite a good place with the street soccer court just beside an open field with goalposts free for use, a shelter and a mama shop to buy drinks and stuff. Played from 10 plus to about 2 and left for Jurong Point to meet up with Ying Lun for lunch. Ordered some set meal, 4 of us shared. It became sort of a war for the chicken meat since we were all hungry ghosts. Luckily i ordered a separate plate and wasnt really involved in the war. Took a long trip home and had a second 'reunion' dinner, though not many relatives went. Uncle prepared some old videos of my siblings and me during childhood. And i mean childhood, as in 1, 2 year old. (that shld be toddlerhood) Was embarrassed totally.

Couldnt recognise the fat little boy in heavy diapers running around the house, getting bullied by my elder sis. Haha, it looked really fun though!

Went back to CJ on Mon, didnt really had the preparation that it was my last day there, since i didnt comfirm i was ponning the next day. It not i would have at least said goodbye to some of the teachers. Hmm, maybe only Clement Wu. :D

Anyway, had the usual lectures and tutorials and went to sun tan again, playing basket ball after PE. PE was gym and it was pretty productive but shld have done it a little faster to have more time for other machines. Ran 3 rounds with Edmund since he couldnt take it ald, and joined the rest for BB.

Today went to school as usual but didnt go to class. Instead, went to the bus stop to meet Samuel, Heman, Yu Chen, Sean, Kazu, Karyn, Kathleen and Eileen. Took a bus to Serene Centre and had Macs for breakfast. Walked all the way to the building next to Coronation Plaza just to get a newspaper to check for the movie timings since Samuel suggested we watch a movie while waiting for sch to end. In the end there was no movie page in the newpaper and everyone ended up playing cards and PSP. Read some soccer news and fell asleep for about 50 min. Quite a nice nap.

Jumped over to Island Creamery to continue slacking and started hugging. Played cards and left before 1 for CJ.

>>>Evidence at Island Creamery!

We were on the bus 153 to the CJ bus stop and when we got off, we saw Madam Tan there. Everyone was shocked and quickly chionged for the bridge. It was already quite obvious so actually no point running away. Anyway she didnt do anything and actually smiled and waved to Heman who said Hi. Samuel sweated buckets for nothing.

Went to class, slacked there with some girls doing the mass dance in class. Sean the lamest DJ on earth. Then went to Grandstand (again) and played BB. Got chased out by the PE teachers at around 3 plus and migrated to the Qudrangle to play Captain s Ball. Was pretty enthu about it and had some fun. After that was ice and water (forgot what yall call it). Was ok la, just that the 'freezers' or the ice were a bit slow. :p

Was done with games at around 4 plus and left for canteen to eat and slack. Chit chatted, waste time, played some games like Murderer and some Stare game. After all the table top games, it was class photo time and some cam whoring. Was totally sun burnt and people still wanted to take photo with me. aiyoo. anyway, spent more than an hour taking pictures and finally bade goodbye at the bus stop.

>>> Edmund, YC, Sean the ODAC and lame king and me

We had joy we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, (ok not we, me) but the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time.

Not really sure what i m typing, but it should have some relation to the situation i m in. Being posted to SAJC, saying goodbye to new found friends isnt easy. After all the bonding sessions, the time together, all the lame jokes and laughter, it just came to quickly. Afterall, all good things have to come to an end, though this end came too soon.

Well, we all have to move on and all i can say is to make new friends and remember old ones!

(should be crashing back some time soon and will organise one FINAL outing) cya peeps soon!

Nice Rest

Finally had a nice long rest. Slept for 13 hours straight. Compensated whatever rest i owe my body and soul.

DA FEELING"S FAANNTTASSTIIIICCCC!!!

Finally dun feel tired and sian for once in many weeks. Have been using com for many hours, slacking and listening to music while chatting to Edmund yet again. Made another good friend in CJ. Hope that i wont lose contact with these people.

Final outing (or inting at CJ) next week. Hope it ll be a fun one.

Post CNY

Chinese New Year flew by so quickly. One blink and it s half gone. This year s CNY feels slightly different. Not sure whether it s because my mother didnt spam the radio with CNY songs or it s because too few people went back to grandma s house to celebrate. Maybe it all plays a part. Gambling hasnt been 're nao'. It s always the same people at the table, losing money to the banker. At least i profitted this year overall. Won about 50 bucks total in the gambling den. Does this mark the start of a lucky year for me? I definitely hope so..

Had a totally new experience of CNY celeb at CJ. Had a concert that was funny and engaging. And ran around finding the pizza man with Edmund when everyone else were about to 'lao yu sheng'. In the end rushed back in time but couldnt stick one hand in and toss the thing. The table was too small and there was a shortage of chopsticks. Anyway, there was a pizza yam seng with my three quarter eaten piece and everyone else were staring at us. Then spent some time in the IR (classroom) before leaving for some soccer at CCAB. Played average, left early, bathed and joined the class at cine pool. Only had a game with Sean and Kazu combined and closed shop. Went to the arcade and was chased out by the person in charge coz some of us were wearing sch uni. Gave up and went to food court to slack. Left soon after. Class outing 3 wasnt that successful huh. Too many people pang sehed. Sian.

Went to Malaysia on the fourth day which is Saturday for some visiting. Started off about 11 plus and reached there about 4. Major jam at Malacca all over the place. Finally managed to visit father s house and found out Eldest Uncle was in ICU. Went to GH to visit him. Condition quite bad. Despite that, we still had dinner at a restaurant and left for Singapore at around 10 plus. Finally ended the day of travelling at about 2. Quite a crappy day considering i spent about 8 hours on the road.

After the 4 day holiday, it s back to sch again. Realised i was a bit off paced for the work. Had been slacking the whole holiday until the last day. With the fatigue building i really need another break. Had another outing on Tue. Watched CJ7 at cine. This time it s pretty successful. More people went and the movie was ok. Not wonderful, but not bad. Quite funny and sad at some times. After that, there was some discussion about going out for dinner or sth. But some wanted to go here, some wanted to go there, in the end all went home.

Managed to survived through lectures and tutorials these days, but just barely. Havent been really paying full attention like what i did at the start. Really, the fatigue is snowballing, i can feel it now, and i need my bed soon. Must learn to solve this problem before the real curriculum begins.

V Day was something new yesterday, havent really celebrated it in my entire 10 years in school. Actually had gifts that i would only get for Children s Day. Remember those days..

JAE results coming out on Tue, heard it will be a half day for CJ. All da best to myself and you peeps out there. Signing off.

5th week in CJ

It s the 5th week i m in CJ for PAE. And i m actually enjoying school like there. Made a bunch of cool and funny friends and never run out of lame jokes to tell. Time flies when you are enjoying yourself, lectures and tutorials have been quite good and everything seems so right. I have this strong feeling that i ll really enjoy my time at CJ if i remain for JAE. It s somewhere that i ll study and have fun at the same time. I like the system there, 55 min period, and a 5 min for toilet break, 1 hour break, 2 periods of PE every week, 1 fitness 1 games alternating and school ends relatively early. There are days that we end at 1pm, 2pm and rarely 3 or 5 pm. But despite all these good points, i m still leaving CJ.

People are all saying it sucks and i wont excel there. Maybe. But at my time there, i ve been treated as a 'smart' person and not someone who s been made fun of and treated with minimal respect. The praises motivate me to go one step further and study harder, to get the facts right and enjoy doing work. Anyway i cant change anything now and will just let my fate lie in the MOE's hands. I just hope wherever i go, it ll be better.

Meanwhile, i ve been having fun with my new friends of 1T26. Went out recently for class outing on Thursday after sch to Lido for movie. And of all movies, it s THE MIST. If you ve read my review on facebook, you wont wanna watch it. If you havent, then i ll just say half a star/ 5

I dun really hate it, considering i enjoy every second watching movies. It s my second love after soccer. And from all my movie experiences in theatres, i ve concluded that Shaw and Eng Wah are really lagging. Their facilities are ancient compared to GV and Cathay. Remind me not to go to Shaw and Eng Wah anymore. The cinemas are so old and dusty, the seats are so uncomfortable, not worth paying 7 bucks or more for that. Anyway back to the topic, went home after movie after discussion about a possible dinner together failed. It was otherwise quite a memorable day spending time with these people.

Friday was something new as well. Decided to try out a new route and accompany Heman on bus 153 instead of taking my usual 154 to Paya Lebar. Ended up in Hougang interchange with the rain pouring down endlessly. Took 27 from there to opposite Tampines Library. Woke up just in time and got off to take 28. The trip took a whooping 1hour 40 min. Plan failed. I reached home in 1 hour the day before using my usual route. Maybe it s due to the rain that the buses took a longer time, but it s not wise to change 3 buses to get to your destination, isnt it? Anyway i m sticking to my original route home!

Post O Level Results Release

......................9 points.

......................B3 Eng
......................A1 Comb Humanities ( S,G)
......................A1 Maths
......................B3 A Maths
......................A2 Chem
......................A2 Phy
......................A1 Bio
......................A1 Chinese

Wasnt particularly happy when i first got the results. When it was my turn to collect the results, Tracy Goh was busy trying to sort out Zhi Xiong's missing papers. Then Lam was holding on to my result slip showing a B3 first on the list. My hands was sticking out waiting to grab and run but Lam wouldnt give until Tracy Goh found the missing papers (just in case it s between mine). The hall was cold, my hands trembling, but i doubt the cause is the low temperature. The sec 3 prefect standing at the side was giggling to himself seeing how nervous i was. Then finally, Tracy Goh found the stuff and Lam glanced at my results and said, "Congratulations, Daryl." I walked away and a mass of people chionged to me. Thaddeus was pressing me, asking how much i got. I was equally clueless and they started counting for me. 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 9!!! "Daryl! You got 9!!" For a moment, i found this scenario pretty similar. It zooms back to the match between Slayers and All Blacks, 2minutes left, i scored a goal and all i did was stand there, thinking how to react. In the end, my teammates celebrated for me. This time, i reacted slightly faster and went to my bag, sent a message to my mother and called my father, announcing the results. My father recorded down the results and just said, "Congratulations." Wa Sian! As if i m his student.

Anyway, that moment was pretty memorable. But i wasnt that happy. People then reminded me of the damned 19points and i thought, ok 19 to 9. That s quite crazy. I was starting to get happy then Reuben reminded me of Wen Lin. He failed english but got distinction for everything else. What a waste. But he s gonna appeal and i wish him all the best. Known him for 4 years and hope he does well in future. After all this, it was party time and we all went out to celebrate. Took a bus to Plaza Sing then walked to Cathay Ben and Jerry's. Wasted time there, eating just one pathetic cup of ice cream and playing cards. Not bad, i learnt quite a number of card games in the past few days. Bridge, Texas Holdem, 7 hand poker and 99. Can be proffesional gambler ald.





>>>YoZ!


>>>We are retarded!

Was quite tired by then coz went to sch in the morn for lessons, had PE as well. Ran 6 rounds around the track in 9 minutes plus, plus an additional round to pace the girls. Should have chionged all the way, but better to run with the rest at the start, if not very bad, like showing off. Showered and met the rest at the shophouses next to coronation plaza and had lunch there. Actually only had the NJ peeps and Shawn plus Ming. The rest disappeared. Anw wasted time there telling not so lame and funny jokes then left for SJI. Walked around and see what s happening and reallised i really missed the school. Went to the hall, people jamming the door at 2pm, and were counting down to enter. Went in, sat with class, talk by Sirhan, gave out Eagles awards and Good Improvement awards, speech by Mr Lui then Gary Sim and finally recieved results. (just realised i m typing in a flashback format) And what happened next you know

Had LAN at paradiz before breaking off to Trader's Hotel for a treat by aunt. Realised 9 wasnt good enough coz i cant get into many JCs, just the same old few but should be satisfied with what i have. Dang, no CDC Good Improvement award. Went home, slept, woke up around 6 plus, go CCAB, waste time, then kicked around with JJ, ZX, Shawn and YL. Left about 10 plus for Serene Centre Macs had breakfast, go SJI, coz zx want to get testimonial and end up kicking at the hockey pitch for awhile before leaving for JJ house. Yl and Zx went home to prepare for their activities later.





>>>I have long legs huh

Watched Saw 3 at JJ's house. Quite a nice show but a bit gory. Had to remind myself that it s all fake and that the make up artist is damn good, if not i wouldnt have survived the movie. Actually fell asleep during the talking part. Not bad sia. Bathed, and left for Meridien to play pool with Hwa Xiong and Xian Fong. Played pretty well, improvement. That reminded me that i pang sehed 1T26 pool (only 4 went), sad ,sad. Left in less than an hour for SJI again for the sec one campfire. Met matthew to look see NCC training. Quite sian. Especially when i was so tired.





>>>DEAD TIRED

Training ended, campfire started. Sang songs super enthusiastically and ended on a high. Oh how i missed SJI! J-O-S-E-P-H-S!!! went out with 435 peeps again this time to Far East and walked to Ngee Ann City for supper. It was so late that the food court management actually chased us out. First time sia. Took MRT home and broke off from the rest.

Suppose to go IG outing but couldnt wake up the next morn. Just dropped dead on the bed without even changing out. Sorry peeps. Spent the next few hours on com and went to grand ma house for dinner and then to EXPO for john little sale. Practically bought nothing. Just go there to be free labour and carry stuff.

Ok, i owe you peeps these videos. Here are they..

RETARDS!

RETARDS PART 2

RETARDS PART 3

RETARDED VOICES

MY RETARDED FRIENDS!!! FRIENDS FOREVER!